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So great news for people who are pursuing the lofty goal of automated ripping of your DVDs and blu-rays. Previously, automatic disc ripping was limited to the WHS version of MyMovies, but now, the WHS and Windows desktop version are going to be rolled into one program. More info here: http://www.mymovies.dk/how-to/written-documentation.aspx?Page=Getting+started+the+My+Movies+5+Pre+Release .
This was a pretty annoying limitation before, because you needed two separate computers if you wanted automated disc ripping and a WMC "server". Now one computer can manage disc ripping and TV tuners in WMC and, if you want, also act as an HTPC!
MyMovies also recently added to option to convert your DVDs and blu-rays to lossless MKV files. Currently, I manually convert my movies to MKV's via makemkv and move the MKVs to my server. With MyMovies' solution, I could simply pop the disc in (multiple discs at a time even), and all the work would be done for me. I haven't tested this extensively yet though to determine how well it manages some of the trickier blu-ray discs.
FYI, access to the MyMovies 5 pre-release does require 2500 contribution points right now, which equates to $100.
This was a pretty annoying limitation before, because you needed two separate computers if you wanted automated disc ripping and a WMC "server". Now one computer can manage disc ripping and TV tuners in WMC and, if you want, also act as an HTPC!
MyMovies also recently added to option to convert your DVDs and blu-rays to lossless MKV files. Currently, I manually convert my movies to MKV's via makemkv and move the MKVs to my server. With MyMovies' solution, I could simply pop the disc in (multiple discs at a time even), and all the work would be done for me. I haven't tested this extensively yet though to determine how well it manages some of the trickier blu-ray discs.
FYI, access to the MyMovies 5 pre-release does require 2500 contribution points right now, which equates to $100.